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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When did the author meet Titus Hoyt?
(a) Four months after the war started.
(b) A year after the war started.
(c) A year or two before the war after his father died.
(d) When he was a little boy.

2. What is Morgan always thinking about?
(a) Food.
(b) Friendship.
(c) Love.
(d) Beauty.

3. What does Mr. Bhakcu do in the evenings?
(a) Sings calypso songs to his wife.
(b) Sleeps soundly and doesn't do anything.
(c) Argues with Mrs. Morgan.
(d) Reads the Ramayana lying on his belly.

4. What does Morgan try to be?
(a) A policeman.
(b) A garbage man.
(c) A waiter.
(d) A comedian.

5. What does Boyee compare Laura's face to?
(a) A motor-car battery.
(b) A pig's face.
(c) A pumpkin.
(d) A pancake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Eddoes' baby?

2. What does Big Foot build during his short time as a carpenter?

3. What bet does the author place on Big Foot's big fight?

4. How much money does the author's mother give him to go to a shop to buy bread and butter?

5. What does the author do for the first time when he arrives in Port of Spain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main focus of chapter 10 where Laura is introduced to the reader?

2. How does Eddoes use his job to make extra money?

3. What does Titus do because he is not really qualified to become a teacher?

4. Who is Laura, and how many children does she have?

5. What happens when Laura's daughter, Lorna, gets pregnant?

6. Who is Morgan and what is his problem?

7. Who is Mr. Titus Hoyt, and when does the author meet him?

8. What makes Big Foot grow in prominence and respect on Miguel Street, and how does he lose that respect?

9. How many children does Morgan have and with whom is he married?

10. What changes Eddoes's happy disposition?

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